The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

by Miss Clara Browne. Mr.. T. f. Murray,
In behalf of the company, then presented
the gifts to the aged couple, wishing them
many happy years in the future. Mr.. Neil
and wife came from Ireland in 1867. Mr..
Neil is now seventy-nine and Mrs. Neil
siXty-nine years of age. - Aaron Elliot
is quite i'll. Being ninety-four years old, his
recovery is considered doubtful IN.
II. Celly has gone to New Hampshire to
work. - r. and G. Neil have sold their
eight-months-old Auctioneer colt for
500. ii. p. Boyce is in quite poor
health. GO Schools in districts Nos. 9 and
closed successful terms last week, each
school indulging in a candy-pull.
MarshfeId.
CALVIN HILLS, who has been confined
to the house seventeen weeks, is thought to
be improving. 60 The annual concert OF
the Methodist church will be held Friday
night. Cake and coffee will be served in
the vestry - Mary Currier, cook in
visited at G. w. II. Dwnell's last week
- Mrs. McAllister has been on the sick
list all winter, but for all that she has cut
and pieced over fifteen hundred pieces for
quilt
Middlesex.
THE Young Peoples Literary Society will
meet with Mrs. o. H. Richardson this We'd
nesday) evening. - The sociabe met
with Mrs. p. w. Edgerly last week and
thirty-eight people were present, which was
a pretty good attendance for an evening
SoCiable.
OVER sixty couples attended the dance at
the hotel Friday night - Miss Eva
Freeman has gone to Wrightsvile to work.
- The school on South HILL taught by
Lola Spaulding closed last week. -
Mrs. NJ II. Ryan and George Ryan of Han
cock were in town last week.
Northfeld.
c. ID. EDGERToN will receive subscrip-
tions and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN. Office in Metcalf's block. over Blake's
store. - The Wallng grst-mill near the
covered bridge on the road to Gouldsville
was burned Thursday night The fire was
| discovered about twelve o'clock, but it
burned so rapidly that it was impossible to
save the mill or anything in it, The mill
was fine one, having cost about 81 600,
but was insured for only $500. New ma
chinery had been recently put in by the
lessee, Mr.. a. S. Glow, and he was doing a
first-rate business. Mr.. Glow also loses
several hundred dollars worth of mill
wrights tools and there was a large guam
tity of grain in the mill belonging to the
customers No. engine arrived in time to
save the bridge, which would have been
burned - A fair-szed audience at
tended the concert by the Shepard family
Saturday evening and were much pleased
with the entertainment, - Martin Cob
leigh has bought out G.. w. Kingsbury's
interest in their property at the South VIII
lage and intends to rebuild this season.
Mr. Cobleigh has been doing a good busi-
ness and we are glad to have him stay.
- Fred I. Egerton came home from
Florida last Tuesday evening -- Miss
Lucia Crane went to Winchendon Mass,
Friday. - Among the visitors in town
last week were the following: w. H. Greene
of Burlington and his son, Fred, from
Boston; y. L. Sheldon, principal of the
graded school at West Newbury, Mass;
Miss Abbie Newcomb of Waitsfield at G.
A. Edgerton's; Charles Houston from st.
Johnsbury; j. b. Adams and wife of West
Randolph at f. o. Illusions; Orcut Bixby
of Chelsea; Mrs. Wealthy Loomis of Mont
pelier at g. S. Averills w. c. Howe from
Wentworth n; H. - H. G. Cutting
come on to remain through the summer
- Mrs. Daniel Nary of Stoneham,
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E Hunt
ley. - Fred NJ. Sheldon has returned
from Swanton. - T. A. Wiley lost a val
liable COW last week. - All young la
dies who are interested in temperance work
are invited to meet next Saturday evening
at half-past seven o'clock in the ladies'
parlor in the Congregational church.
Mrs. II. ID. Walker of Providence, r. l.,
will talk to them, and is expected to organ
ize Young Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. - Sunday evening at half-past-
six o'clock the Womans Christian Temper
ance Union will hold a union service at the
MetnOulSt CHurCn. MrS. w alker Will DE tn6
speaker of the evening. - Mrs. j. Ellen
Foster of Iowa will give an address at half
past seven next Tuesday evening, March lst
, in the Congregational church. a good
chance to hear one of the best lady speakers
in the United States. - One of the old
red houses near the dry bridge has been
bought by Albert Hill and the timber is to
, be used in building barn on his place up
l the Waitsfed road. This building was the
| principal clearinghouse for the hands when
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kept by j. c. Cadys father, Dea. Cady.
- To-day wednesday, the Methodists
hold sociable with Mrs j. o. Sherburn on
Vine street and the Universaists with Mrs
Judd on Main street, both afternoon and
evening. Next week the sociable of the
. Congregational society will be at Howes
Hail. in charge of the young ladies of Miss
; Lizzie Cranes class. - On Wednesday
evening, March 9ih, the ladies of the Con-
T gregational society will hold chicken pie
; sociable and apron festival. - Lieuten-
ant f. II. Catlin of the regular army has
been detailed as military instructor for Nor
, wich University. He is now in Florida and
, will probably be here in about two weeks.
, - John Moriarty had finger crushed
while working in the slate quarry Monday.
, 80 Rev. IL. w. Worthen of Richford is
: in town for a few days. - Mr.. Abijah
, Blake died about five o'clock Tuesday
morning at the residence of his son-in-law
: Dr. Nichols. The funeral will be Thursday
, at two o'clock.
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
THE principal had an exercise prepared
l for Washington's birthday. 60 The junior
; exhibition is to be Friday evening of this
; week, - School finishes next Friday for
: a vacation of two weeks. - - Hod " is
not discouraged if il only happens four times
in one night. -C c. II. Kent, 49, has
left school and gone to work in f. ID. Smith
& Sons store. - The freshmen are
making the Hendrickson lectures a success
- Some one of the pupils has been
mean enough to cut the post at the head OF
the stairs with knife. If he could be
found out such one ought to be expelled.
- w. l.. Goodale, 'SS, is in town. -
. General review this week.
GouldsviIIe.
GEORGE CHANDLER of Worcester, Mass.
visited his mother here last week -
4, David Cook had his hand quite badly cut in
, the accident at the gravel-pit last Friday.
, =- There was IA campfire at the hall last
, week Monday evening The exercises con-
sisted of music, recitations and a speech by
III. G. Lull of Montpelier. - Eleazer
Nichols an old resident of this town, is fail
ing quite rapidly. He is now entirely help
less. - School closes Friday There
will be an exhibition at the hall Saturday
evening. == Mrs. Jessie Morrison of New
|. York city and Mrs. Sadie Priest of Boston,
Mass, are visiting their mother, Mrs BalCh,